One reason I am not a Christian. I just could not do that to some one. The Bible supposedly preaches kindness yet this is what we get from it’s follower. I wish this women the best of luck and may she and her partner have a long happy life together.

What the bishop is trying to / meant to say is that the problem is she went public about being in a relationship with someone. He daren’t say it was because of her sexuality because the City of Columbus has a law against sexuality discrimination.

The relationship became public knowledge. It wasn’t a heterosexual marriage celebrated in a church, and any such relationship breaks the School’s / Church’s rules about giving a good example of Catholic life.

The fact that she isn’t even Catholic, but a Methodist, doesn’t seem to count.

She works in the City of Columbus and that has a law banning sexuality discrimination. There is no exemption for religious schools from that law. It seems almost guaranteed the School / Church will lose the case, but it won’t get Carla her job back.

She was fired because of her sexual orientation. Her opinion as a lesbien cannot accord with the Catholic Churchs values if she respects her own conscience. She can´t accept the fact that the Church discriminates her.

First, yes it’s shitty she’s been fired.
But the RC Church is very clear on what it believes – if you want to work in their system and you don’t believe it then you’re up for trouble.
It’s like joining the army and then complaining they want you to kill people.
All religions are stupid, empty superstitions, but if you choose to join them don’t complain about their rules.

I find it strange that when a priest molests a child he is not fired or turned over to the police. Instead it is covered up and he is moved to another parish where he can molest more children.
On the other hand this lady who has committed no crime is fired because the church has such high moral standards.

1. Summarily fire a respected and loved teacher with 19 years of unblemished service (she was escorted off the premises) within weeks of her mother dying – all because of an anonymous complaint about her partner’s mention in an obituary.

2. take no further action against a power abusing, sexually predatory Cardinal.

3. cover up and relocate child-abusing clergy so as not to embarrass the church.

The ‘value’ seems to be that protection of Bishops is more important than simple love, charity and humility before God.

With vocations falling, ordinations now a rarity and the majority of the laity holding contrary opinions on sexual matters the Church hierarchy is now circling the wagons and becoming increasingly desperate and isolated. We will see more of this uncharitable, unchristian behaviour before change eventually happens.

When will this Medieval Institution finally wither and die or reform if that is possible….they missed that opportunity Centuries ago at the time of the Reformation…Their response then was to burn people at the stake…. I guess a least on that score they have made some ‘ progress ‘

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